The uplift [serial] . and the final accomplishment will be a benefaction ofinestimable value to eastern North Carolina. Personally, Col. Kerr is a charming character. He is open-hearted, frank, sin-cere, and positive. He is a colonel not because he craves high-sounding titles,but because the office which he so efficiently fills thrusts upon him this and otherhonors. Like all men, who became editors via the type case, as did the lateJoesph Caldwell and others. Col. Kerr is one of the best judges of human naturein the state, and the vein of humor that crops out in his writings and in his socialh
The uplift [serial] . and the final accomplishment will be a benefaction ofinestimable value to eastern North Carolina. Personally, Col. Kerr is a charming character. He is open-hearted, frank, sin-cere, and positive. He is a colonel not because he craves high-sounding titles,but because the office which he so efficiently fills thrusts upon him this and otherhonors. Like all men, who became editors via the type case, as did the lateJoesph Caldwell and others. Col. Kerr is one of the best judges of human naturein the state, and the vein of humor that crops out in his writings and in his socialhours with his friends is marked and cheering, never leaving a scar or an ache;and he does not have to be called twice: it is spontaneous. All of his acquaintances in Western North Carolina and the hundreds of friendshe has made since serving in the Executive office, at Raleigh, applaud his superiorbusiness powers in the conduct of this great drainage district, and they have nodoubt of its early completion and COL. J. P. KERR. The reclamation of wet and over-flowed lands is rapidly becoming oneof the livest and most interesting ofall economic questions in North Car-olina. Since the passage of a State-wideDrainage Law by the Legislature of1909 no less than 77 drainage districtshave been organized. Quite a num-ber of these districts have already been completed, fully demonstratingthe wisdom of the law. Many thou-sands of acres of wet and unprofit-able lands have been reclaimed andput upon the tax books, and manymore thousands of acres will be util-ized as soon as the necessary workcan be done to complete the drainagedistricts now under construction. The most interesting drainageenterpi-ise so far undertaken in thisState is that to reclaim Lake Matta-muskeet and adjacent lands in Hydecounty. This district is differentia-ted from others undertaken in theState in that it proposes to reclaimthe lands by dyking the district andremoving and keeping off the waterby means of pum
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